By Geoff Fein The Navy is looking to open up competition on its long running Acoustic Rapid Commercial-off-the-shelf Insertion (ARCI) program and intends to release a request for proposal (RFP) this year for the effort, a top service official said. "We've learned a lot over the 10, 11 years. We have been running the business. The contractor that runs ARCI integration for us has been doing it for a long time," Rear Adm. William Hilarides, program executive officer (PEO) submarines,…
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